+Couparangus Posted November 1, 2006 Author Share Posted November 1, 2006 Okay, this question will be a multi-part one, but it'll be easy. The person to answer the last one correctly will go next so we have some sniping possible here. Define these 10 hiking terms: crampon talus posthole belay drumlin cairn cascade gaper tarn howk Quote Link to comment
+AV Dezign Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Crampon: (hey isn't that French?) Spikes for boots or shoes to prevent slipping. I use them all the time on my street. Quote Link to comment
+Keith Watson Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 crampon - the teeth on the bottom of my snow shoes talus - fallen rocks at the bottom of a cliff posthole - a hole dug for a post to be put in belay - try off a rope drumlin - a hile left over from a glecier cairn - a pile of stone to mark something cascade - water falls, or locks one after the other, also laundry dtergent gaper - a persone whoe stops to enjoy the view tarn - a mountain lake formed by glaciers howk - a bird of prey that east small animals Quote Link to comment
+northernpenguin Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Define these 10 hiking terms: crampon - The result of a long hike right after eating a large meal talus - Geocachers often tal us der stories at pub nights posthole - Formerly a hole, now filled in with tupperware belay - Typical reaction after a 5/5. Belay down. drumlin - What the other cachers do with their fingers while the driver gets to the parking co-ordinates cairn - Noun; See "Virtual-Cache" cascade - What a geocacher does when they walk to close to the escarpment edge gaper - Muggle, upon seeing a cacher pull that chunk of PVC pipe out of a tree in Orillia tarn - Cacher's jacket, usually after caching near hawthorne trees howk - The sound the cacher made when the tarn happened I have a feeling this may not be the answers you were looking for, but I couldn't resist! Quote Link to comment
+bobbarley Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I haven't been to the forums in while but now I'll have to stick around. Crampons-spikes for feet Talus-rock broken off a mountain also called scree Belay-the act or equipment used to assist in descent or ascent of climbing Drumlin-a teardrop shaped hill left after the retreat of a glacier. The fat end of the teardrop points to where the glacier came from Cairn-pile of rocks used as a marker Cascade-waterfall or a mountain range Gaper-Some one who stands blocking the trail looking at things Tarn-Mountain Lake Howk-I know this now but I had to look it up. Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 Okay, let's see where we're at! crampon - AVD talus - KW belay - BB drumlin - KW (wotch yer speeling!) cairn - KW gaper - BB is close enough tarn - KW cascade - KW was close enough. Its like a waterfall but without the "falling" part. So we need the following terms defined: posthole - howk - Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 posthole - the hole were a post goes howk - a howling hawk Quote Link to comment
+TOMTEC Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 So we need the following terms defined: posthole - Aw, come on! Anyone who has cached in Canada in winter without snowshoes (and often with) must know this! Alternately, it's a pretty good description of the evidence left behind when Fizbot crosses a creek or marsh en-route to a cache! TOMTEC Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 well, with a hint like that it has got to be that empty space left in the snow after you heave your leg out of its thigh trapping hold. I don't know if it matters if the boot is in the hole or on your foot upon extraction. Quote Link to comment
+TOMTEC Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 well, with a hint like that it has got to be that empty space left in the snow after you heave your leg out of its thigh trapping hold. I don't know if it matters if the boot is in the hole or on your foot upon extraction. Ha ha, Boot left in hole is bonus points in my book! TOMTEC Quote Link to comment
+Juicepig Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 well, with a hint like that it has got to be that empty space left in the snow after you heave your leg out of its thigh trapping hold. I don't know if it matters if the boot is in the hole or on your foot upon extraction. Ha ha, Boot left in hole is bonus points in my book! TOMTEC howk - A really hard throw? Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 All right Dan-O for the assist and HFR for the goal! That leaves one term, Howk. I'll give you a hint. Just when you think you are there you realise you aren't. Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 well, all I can think of for this one with that explanation, is when you drag your sorry butt up a nasty hill and reach what you think is the top only to look up and see that you were fooled and the real top is still aways to go. I don't know if howk would be the psychological feeling of wanting to just throw yourself over the edge or perhaps the noise you would make when you looked up to see more slope. OR perhaps it is the pile of stuff that comes out of your mouth upon the realization that your hard sought goal was not quite enough. ah well Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 (edited) Okay, another hint in this encrypted message: timmusaotyawehtnokaepeslafasti Winner goes next! (and if I ever get another question right I promise not to post another multiple choice definition question). Edited November 7, 2006 by Couparangus Quote Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Hmm.. if I read the hint correctly.. I say H.F. Reign would be correct.. Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 I guess HF Reign was logging the right answer as I was uploading the hint. Nice work! Take it away! Quote Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I guess HF Reign was logging the right answer as I was uploading the hint. Nice work! Take it away! That's what I thought too. But.. for my knowledge.. how would you use howk is a sentence? Oh no, not another howk? (Or.. Oh howk, not another false peak? ) Quote Link to comment
+AV Dezign Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Naa, I think it's more like an onomatopoeia as you realise that there is 400 more meters straigth up to go «howk!» Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I really should stop throwing my guesses out there! oh...um...uh.... OK, a quick and easy one I am making a few "enemies" locally as most of my caches are placed in swamps. What distinguishes my swamps from other wetland habitats (fens, bogs, marshes, etc). Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 The presence of bullrushes?? Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Those wetlands dominated by rushes and sedges and such would fall under the category "marshes". You won't find many bullrushes in the swamps. Quote Link to comment
+TOMTEC Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 You won't find many bullrushes in the swamps. OK, but what about this guy: You better watch out for his car too! TOMTEC Quote Link to comment
+Fish Below The Ice Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 You won't find many bullrushes in the swamps. OK, but what about this guy: It's a swamp if you can find Keith Watson there? dave Quote Link to comment
+TOMTEC Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 It's a swamp if you can find Keith Watson there? Um, that's not K-W... click the link Dave. TOMTEC Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 not a bad swamp in that there ad if I must say so myself...appears to be drier but more tropical than my locale. After seeing a hummer totally bogged down in a local swamp I don't think the kia would fair any better Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Swamps as I understood them, were not always wet, they often dry up and normally have trees and/or bushes growing in them which marshes don't. Different soil than marshes but I have no idea of what kind. Quote Link to comment
+Couparangus Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Swamps have the eerily haunting sound of dueling banjos in the wind... Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 trees and shrubs are the key. On to you VO2WW. And yes, I often hear those banjos too. Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 So what is the current question? Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Easy one this time Where is 0 longitude and 0 latitude located Quote Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Easy one this time Where is 0 longitude and 0 latitude locate Right there, at those precise coordinates.. Not sure.. I know where it is but not the country.. unless it's in Equador? Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Easy one this time Where is 0 longitude and 0 latitude located I'll take a guess....The Gulf of Guinea, just under West Africa Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significane but it is in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of Gabon. That said I stated the question sloppy, meant to ask where they started individually. Take it away Doc Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significane but it is in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of Gabon. That said I stated the question sloppy, meant to ask where they started individually. Take it away Doc Name the most active volcanic region in Canada. (think beyond province) Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significane but it is in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of Gabon. That said I stated the question sloppy, meant to ask where they started individually. Take it away Doc What do you mean where they start individually? A circle has no start or no end, right? Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 (edited) The point at which the equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significane but it is in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of Gabon. That said I stated the question sloppy, meant to ask where they started individually. Take it away Doc Name the most active volcanic region in Canada. (think beyond province) I know that Mount Garibaldi errupted about 10 000 years ago. In geological terms, that was yesterday. Not sure what you mean by BEYOND province. Edited November 13, 2006 by shearzone Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I know that Mount Garibaldi errupted about 10 000 years ago. In geological terms, that was yesterday. Not sure what you mean by BEYOND province. Sorry...shoulda been more specific....what we're looking for is a particular "belt" of volcanic activity. Quote Link to comment
+shearzone Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I know that Mount Garibaldi errupted about 10 000 years ago. In geological terms, that was yesterday. Not sure what you mean by BEYOND province. Sorry...shoulda been more specific....what we're looking for is a particular "belt" of volcanic activity. the coastal mountain belt? Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 the coastal mountain belt? Right province, wrong belt Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 (edited) north of 50 would put you in the ballpark. Edited November 14, 2006 by DocMagoo Quote Link to comment
+Landsharkz Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 The Stikine Belt? It's dominated by Mt. Edziza, an ice-capped mtn that is the product of repeated eruptions. Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The Stikine Belt? It's dominated by Mt. Edziza, an ice-capped mtn that is the product of repeated eruptions. BINGO! Take it away Landsharkz....you're up! Quote Link to comment
+Landsharkz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Thank you DocMagoo! Our question... In 1845, when Sir John Franklin attempted to find the Northwest Passage, his ships were crushed in the ice and his crew all died while attempting to walk out of the arctic. Two questions... What were the names of his ships? What was the underlying cause of death for he and his crew? The first person to answer all parts of this question wins the right to ask the next.... on with the show! Quote Link to comment
+H.F.Reign Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I'll give it a start... if I recall correctly one of the ships was named terror but I know they died of starvation and scurvy. Quote Link to comment
+AV Dezign Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I can't recall the name of the ship but I do remember there was two, not just one, and wasn't there reports of cannibalism involved? Quote Link to comment
+Juicepig Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 (edited) SWEET!! I know this one! Erebus and Terror. Franklin was a lieutenant in one of my Great (great great..) Uncles (John Ross) expeditions to the actic and antarctic. When he finally got his own command of the two ships (the same used by John Ross) he ended up sinking the them! Frickin guy! Starvation, cold, polar bears, choking of chunks of leather as they ate their shoes.. They died a hole bunch of ways, but mostly starvation and malnutrition, and hypothermia. I will think of a new question and throw it out there Edited November 15, 2006 by Juicepig Quote Link to comment
+Juicepig Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I was trying to think up some trivia about my more direct "explorer" decendant, but decided he was too obscure, and not a particularly happy story, so here is one on Canadian historical geography: What is the name of the big territory in the middle that splits NWT in twain!! TWAIN I TELL YOU!! Quote Link to comment
+Landsharkz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 (edited) SWEET!! I know this one! Erebus and Terror. Franklin was a lieutenant in one of my Great (great great..) Uncles (John Ross) expeditions to the actic and antarctic. When he finally got his own command of the two ships (the same used by John Ross) he ended up sinking the them! Frickin guy! Starvation, cold, polar bears, choking of chunks of leather as they ate their shoes.. They died a hole bunch of ways, but mostly starvation and malnutrition, and hypothermia. I will think of a new question and throw it out there Juicepig, you have very correctly named both his ships and stated some of the contributing factors to their demise, but you need to wait for us westcoasters to get out of bed to find out if you answered it all correctly! Much later a grave was discovered and some of the bodies were exhumed by a relatively recent scientific expedition; there was an autopsy carried out and an unexpected cause of death was determined... This cause of death played a very large role in the demise of the crew as they attempted to escape the grip of the arctic. It is not what you mentioned above... it is this cause of death we are looking for... it may well have been the underlying cause for the whole crew's death. What was the cause of death? Edited November 15, 2006 by Landsharkz Quote Link to comment
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